Documentary director Mike Ramsdell to lead discussion after film viewing

Diversity Advocacy will host documentary director Mike Ramsdell at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 6, in 130 Schroeder Hall, for a film viewing and discussion. The film includes adult content and language.

Ramsdell directed The Anatomy of Hate: A Dialogue of Hope, which reveals the shared narratives found in individual and collective ideologies of hate and how they can be overcome. The Anatomy of Hate features ideologies and conflicts of the white supremacist movement, Christian fundamentalism as an anti-gay reform, Muslin extremism, U.S. forces in Iraq, the Palestinian Intifada and Israeli settlers and soldiers.

By juxtaposing this footage with interviews from leading sociological, psychological and neurological experts, and interspersing stories of redemption told by former “combatants,” the film weaves a tapestry that reveals both the emotional and biological mechanisms which make all of us susceptible to acts and ideologies of hate, and demonstrates how these very same traits make us equally capable of overcoming them.

After viewing The Anatomy of Hate, Ramsdell will lead a brief discussion and Q&A session.

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